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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Confused Words


Pale and Pail

Pale means faint, dim, light, fade, colorless, etc.
Pail means a bucket, tub, container, etc.

She looked pale after she heard about the accident.
The curtains had pale patterns.
She dropped the pail of water.
The pail is too heavy to be carried by a single person.